NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Georgia

265 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Georgia, 2.4 per 100,000 residents, the 14th highest rate of 51. Atlanta and Marietta have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Georgia license search. Page 6 of 6.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1800X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Atlanta has the most, 11

  1. Atlanta11
  2. Marietta11
  3. Macon10
  4. Athens9
  5. Decatur9

Optician records in Georgia

  1. Amos Washington, LDOCovington, GA 300141720582992
  2. Deionna Washington, LDOWaycross, GA 315031548005887
  3. Otis Weaver, LICENSED OPTICIANDecatur, GA 300321801292016
  4. Kimberly Wilkerson, LDOBremen, GA 301101275461410
  5. Thomas Wilkins, LDOThomaston, GA 302861093286726
  6. James Willaford, LDOValdosta, GA 316021770338568
  7. Brandy Williams, LDOTifton, GA 317931801785928
  8. Shannon Williams, LDOPort Wentworth, GA 314071508405952
  9. Paul Willis, LDOMacon, GA 312061114959376
  10. Jessica Wilson, LDOMacon, GA 312111891951703
  11. Gina WiseFayetteville, GA 302141932416617
  12. Janet WootenMorganton, GA 305601639560659
  13. Alecia Yancey, LDOMarietta, GA 300641831960426
  14. Linette Yarborough, LDORock Spring, GA 307391619547098
  15. Brandon Zimmerly, LDOWoodstock, GA 301881275342537

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Georgia ranks 14 of 51 per resident

  1. New Jersey2.6
  2. Virginia2.5
  3. Hawaii2.5
  4. Georgia2.4
  5. Rhode Island2.4
  6. South Dakota2.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Georgia0.4%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Georgia, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 265 · 0.4% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more76 · 28.7% here, 54.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 156FX1800X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

265 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Georgia: 2.4 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Atlanta has 11 of them (4%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Puerto Rico266
  2. South Carolina247
  3. Texas286
  4. New Jersey241

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Rhode Island2.4
  2. Hawaii2.5
  3. Virginia2.5
  4. South Dakota2.0

The largest states

  1. New York1,141
  2. Ohio729
  3. Florida654
  4. California334
  5. Kentucky304

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.